Musicians Involved in the Beautiful Collision album

The musicians that supported Bic on Beautiful Collision:

Musician:    Dave Dobbyn  

Role:        Guitars on "Get Some Sleep"

Bio:        

A stint in the late seventies with Th' Dudes spawned such party anthems as Be mine tonight. In the mid eighties he formed DD Smash and produced the kiwi classics Whaling and Outlook for Tuesday (not a bad video either). In 1986 kiwi cartoon Footrot Flats hit the big screen and along with it came Dobbyn’s hugely popular soundtrack (accompanied by reggae group Herbs) - Oughta be in love and Slice of heaven.

Shortly after that Dave Dobbyn began his solo career. His first album, Loyal in 1988 produced two hit singles, the title track, and the bouncy Love you like I should.

In the nineties, Dave lost the mullet and released his second solo album Lament for the Numb, recorded in LA during the riots. He quickly followed that up with Twist and then a stint with the NZSO for Split Enz tribute album ENZSO. Not done yet by any means The Islander was released in '98 and just last year to mark the 20th anniversary of Dave Dobbyn's first recordings, Sony Music compiled a career spanning retrospective -Overnight Success- the definitive Dave Dobbyn collection.

Bio from NZ Music

Musicians:    Milan and Tim from Pluto 

Role:            Background vocals

Bio:

Returning to New Zealand in 1999, Milan and Tim began recording some of the great tracks that will now appear on ‘redlightsyndrome’. The next year was spent touting these recordings to local record companies and completing a line-up.

After signing to Antenna Recordings, Pluto released their debut EP A1A2, in September 2000. The EP has been a stand-alone success as Pluto has continued success on student radio and Channel Z. While recording, they met Matthias Jordan whose work as a jazz pianist is quite phenomenal. The addition of Matt’s keyboards to Pluto’s music has helped make it the distinctive sound we hear today. ‘Matt brought a new level of musicianship to what Milan and I were trying to do’ says Tim.

The talented trio then saw the addition of Michael Franklin Brown who had previously been drummer with New Zealand rock band HLAH. Then, completing the line up was Mike Hall, of Balance and Brunettes fame.

With this stylish and experienced team there is nothing to stop them taking New Zealand by storm and veteran New Zealand musicians Neil Finn and Bic Runga have been quick to recognise this. Pluto played with Finn on his provincial tour earlier this year and have recorded songs with Bic Runga for her "Beautiful Collision" album.

Bio from EMI Music NZ

Musician:    Neil Finn  

Role:        Background vocals on 'The Be All and End All'

Bio:        

From a young age Neil was recording and performing music. Born 27th May 1958, Te Awamutu, New Zealand. Growing up, his closest influence came through his brother Tim, and his band Split Enz. Neil began performing and writing at an early age and went on to succesfully support Split Enz for a tour before forming his first band, After Hours. When the band split, Tim asked Neil to join Split Enz. Neil joined the band and went onto write major hits for the band, most succesfull being the infamous 'i got you'. After the band split, Neil, Paul Hester and Nick Seymor formed the band 'The Mullanes' (mullane being Neils middle name). After moving to LA in 1985 to find a contract the name was changed to Crowded House.

The band were noticed by Michell Froom who went onto produce the first 3 albums. From the first album 'Crowded House', 'Don't dream it over' reached number 2 in the american charts and recieved critical acclaim world over. The Next album, Temple of low men, whilst not spawning any major singles, was still a big seller all over the world. Tim joined the band for the third album woodface and although the album did not achieve the attention it deserved in the US (maybe because the first single off it in was 'Choclate Cake') it was massive in the UK, spawning a number of hit singles, such as 'Weather with you', 'fall at your feet' and 'its only Natural'. Tim left the band and they went onto record they're last full studio album, (and in my opinion they're best), together alone. Neil then joined his brother Tim for a Finn brothers project, the end product being the album 'finn' and a tour. After the band decided to split in 1996 they released a best of CD 'recurring dream' and performed a farewell gig on the steps of the Sydney opera house.

Neil then went onto write solo material with the release of 'Try Whistling This', neils eagerly awaited first solo album. After a succesful tour, Neil began working on material for his Next Album One Nil, released 2001 and followed by a number of gigs most notable the Neil Finn and Friends gigs, with Jonny Marr, Phil Selway (Radiohead), Ed O Brian (Radiohead), Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinburg (who also contrubuted to TWT and one nil), Tim Finn and Eddie Vedder. This gig was released on CD,VHS and DVD as 'Seven worlds collide'. Neil has recently signed to the US nettwerk america, for a US release of 'One Nil', now retitled to 'One All' and including new tracks, along with the removal of some of One Nil's tracks.

Bio from SevenWorlds.Net

Musician:    Joey Waronker (drummer for R.E.M)

Role:          Drummer

Bio:            

Joey Waronker is one of the most sought after musical collaborators in the industry. Until recently, Joey was engaged in the impressive feat of being the full time studio and touring drummer for both BECK and R.E.M.

Joey has performed on BECK CDs including “Loser”, “Beercan”, “Mutations”, “Odelay” and “Midnight Vultures”.

He played drums on R.E.M.’s “Up” CD as well as R.E.M. contributions to the Austin Powers II and Man on the Moon soundtracks. He most recently played drums on the forthcoming R.E.M. CD “Reveal”. In addition, Joey co-wrote the R.E.M. song “Hastings and May”.

Joey has played on SMASHING PUMPKINS’ “Adore” CD, SPAIN’s “She Haunts My Dreams” CD and ELLIOTT SMITH’s “XO” CD. Joey has also performed on CDs for CREEPER LAGOON, JOHN DOE, PLASTILINA MOSH, REMY ZERO, RICHARD THOMPSON, GUS, WALT MINK and R.L. BURNSIDE as well joining up with TONIC on “You Wanted More” for American Pie.

He provided additional production and remixed THE EELS “Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues” (DreamWorks) as well as CONTROL MACHETE featuring BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB “Danzon” (Universal).

Joey produced the debut MARIE THERESE CD (Island/Universal), produced songs for the forthcoming TOMOVSKY CD (Sony) as well as the song “Ocean In Your Eyes” for MIHO (of Cibo Matto).

Joey composed and produced the score to Sundance standout Chuck and Buck (Artisan).

He recently produced songs for the THE INCREDIBLE MOSES LEROY CD “Electric Pocket Radio” (Ultimatum/Artemis) as well as a forthcoming song for THE EELS (DreamWorks). He’s currently developing and producing the ASSOCIATED MOVING COMPANY featuring NINA PERSSON of THE CARDIGANS and ROGER MANNING (Jellyfish, Beck).

Bio from Waxploitation Records

Musician:    Sebastian Steinburg 

Role:          Bass

Bio:

Musician:     Andrew Morton (aka Sub Mariner)

Role:           Programming on 2 tracks, synth and keyboards on another.

Bio:            

Auckland's most in demand producer/engineer (credits include Che Fu,     Kapisi, Ermehn, Dimmer, Bic Runga) and sometimes late-night hip hop dj

Michael Brauer (Coldplay, New Radicals) for mixing of album in New York

   "If there is one word to sum up mix master Michael Brauer’s list of credits, it is 'eclectic.' That impression would be fine by Brauer, who has made a point of constantly expanding into new musical territories. Along the way, Brauer’s work has enjoyed commercial and critical success in genres as diverse as urban, R&B, country, alternative, rock, mainstream, rock and pop, thanks to his knack for creating mixes that capture the intent of the songs. Unlike some mixers and producers, Brauer doesn’t leave an identifiable sonic stamp on his work. That anonymity keeps him from being pigeonholed into a particular category. However, one element Brauer has worked on tirelessly - and which has set his mixes apart from the pack - is his sophisticated application of compression. While many mixers may throw an entire mix through a compressor to even out the overall dynamics, Brauer refines the final sound with a multilevel approach that keeps the compression of one part of the mix from inflicting itself on another area of the soundscape." -- (Billboard ProFile interview by Rick Clark ‘94)